On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Aug 2018, Mike Miller wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Aug 2018, Clug wrote: >> >>> Just got "apt install dkms" and "apt install make", that should resolve >>> all dependencies. >>> >> >> The issue is that the machine that needs those programs has no >> networking, so if I run this... >> >> sudo apt install dkms >> >> ...for example, it just tells me that the network is unreachable. So I >> have to somehow run it on another machine and move the files over. The >> question is, how do I do that? >> > > Maybe the key is to use apt-get with the -d option: > > -d, --download-only > Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or > installed. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Download-Only. > > Apparently, "apt-get -d install will download the given package and all > missing dependencies to the system packages directory > (/var/cache/apt/archives)." And this is best for use of "if you want to > 'pre-download' a set of packages for later installation." Or so I'm told... > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/463380/difference-between- > apt-get-d-install-apt-get-download > > So, maybe I can do that on the USB stick, then copy the downloaded files > over to the laptop, putting them in /var/cache/apt/archives. If that > works, then I just need to know the command to install the "pre-downloaded" > files. Any ideas? if you get that far, just repeat the apt command on the box with the infused packages, it should see and use them. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180809/2c1e74a0/attachment.html>